Hard Proof That Grandparents Make Our World a Little Brighter

Having 17 sons and daughters that we know of, Genghis Khan must have had hundreds of grandchildren, making one out of every 200 modern people a more or less direct descendant of his. People on this list might not have taken the “quantity approach” in grandparenthood, but they are totally taking the quality one.

We at Bright Side experienced so much joy collecting the stories for this article that we can’t wait to share them — which one will be the most heartwarming for you?

My grandma’s “photo booth” she made for her retirement community’s luau

My grandfather always wears his favorite 70s suit to every family event. So as a surprise for his 80th birthday, we all dressed to match.

In 1989 my grandfather claimed he quit smoking. Today I found this.

This was taken on my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary. My grandfather had Alzheimer’s. He didn’t remember pretty much anything but, as bad as it got, whenever he saw my grandmother he would say, “Look at my beautiful wife!”